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Black Mountain Jazz
The Club's programme is based on one or two Sundays each month and all performances start at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated.
Non-members are always welcome. The entrance is usually £6, although some high profile gigs can cost a little more.
Food is available during the interval - sometimes curry, other times tapas.
Coming Highlights
30th May - The Azhaar Saffar and Brigitte Beraha Sextet
27th June - Dave Stapleton Quintet
25th July - Martha Skilton Quartet
Advance Notice
28th November - Asaf Sirkis Trio
Plus
Afternoon Rhythm Workshop
Recent Highlights
Mornington Lockett
with the
Chris Gilligan Trio
Mornington Lockett at Black Mountain Jazz
Mornington Lockett is one of Britain’s leading tenor saxophonists and it represented quite a coup for Black Mountain Jazz to persuade him to come to Abergavenny for this club performance at BMJ’s regular venue The Kings Arms.
I saw Lockett give a brilliant performance as one of the “Three Tenors” alongside Art Themen and Don Weller at Brecon Jazz Festival in 2007 (their Appleby performance of that same year is immortalised on a double CD from Trio Records) and as a result I was very much looking forward to this.
Tonight Lockett was playing with a trio of young musicians from Cardiff, graduates from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Chris Gilligan (piano), Chris Hyson (bass) and drummer Gethin Jones regularly back visiting soloists but they also have their own trio project Little Fish, in which they perform original music inspired by the likes of Neil Cowley and E.S.T. It was in this incarnation that I once saw them support Cowley’s trio at a gig at the now sadly defunct Cardiff venue The Point and very entertaining they were too, if a little derivative.
Read the full review here
Dan Stern Group
featuring
Andy Sheppard
19th November 2008
The decision to invite a big name like Andy Sheppard to one of BMJ's regular gigs represented something of a gamble. It was rewarded with a sell out crowd and an evening of excellent music from the talented Dan Stern Group and their illustrious guests - Andy Sheppard.
Dominic Norcross Quartet
with guest
Martha Skilton
7th December 2008
For the BMJ gig the quartet concentrated for the most part on jazz standards, largely delivering these in the conventional head/solos/head format.
The introduction of Martha Skilton for “Alone Together” pushed the music up another notch. The two tenor players unison horn lines sounded great and they both pushed each other to new heights in their solos.
Both Dominic and Martha play Mauriat tenor saxophones and thanks is due to Pete Scaddan of the Abergavenny based Studio Saxophones who operate a Mauriat dealership for supporting the gig.
John Etheridge - Sweet Chorus
13th September 2009
This quartet is a working band. Since recording their first CD 'Sweet Chorus' they have chalked up nearly 150 live performances in a rhythmic cohesion and creative flow that is evident from the fiirst bar. Black Mountain Jazz welcomed them and patrons enjoyed one of the Club's best nights.
Quick Links
Abergavenny Acoustic Club
Black Mountain Jazz website
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